Word: milan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Beside the Cross there were dropped the flags of Italy and Milan (Nobile's native city...
...million lira were stated to be going bankrupt at the rate of one such institution every fortnight. Finally bills to a total value of three and a half million lira were declared to have been dishonored during the past twelvemonth in the three provinces of Rome, Milan and Turin...
...several premieres including: Strauss's already famous Die Aegyptische Helena, in German, with presumably Rethberg or Jeritza, both of whom have sung the role in Europe, singing Helen; Fra Gherardo, Ildebrando Pizzetti's new opera which was sung for the first time a month ago in Milan; and Jonny Spielt Auf, by Ernst Krenek, which is called a "jazz" opera, by Europeans who use the word to describe anything peculiarly modern or bizarre, rather than to indicate with idiomatic precision a certain distribution of rhythm in music...
...imputed truckle was Sir Austen's failure to protest, last week, after two Fascist detectives in Milan had assaulted, clubbed and kicked not merely a British subject but Captain Delafons...
...Milan, last fortnight, Captain Delafons was stopped on the street by two plug-uglies in civilian clothes who demanded his credentials. Suspecting that their motive was robbery, the Royal Greyhound called for help. Soon a policeman hustled all concerned to a police station. There the plug-uglies proved that they are Fascist detectives, and Captain Delafons that he is a King's Messenger...